I'm still really excited for Age of Empires 4 but the idea that it could possibly end up being used to make military AI is so fucking sad. I just want play a game I loved since I was a child....

This is all speculation so hopefully nothing like that actually happens.

Anyone else here excited for Age 4?

  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Imagine how much good we could do with an AI, instead of wasting them on this shit and targeted ads.

    Also yeah, I've been following the game, I like how you can finally put dudes on top of the walls and how each side is visually distinct now. Definitely won't get it on release though, still have a lot of AoE2 remastered to play :meow-floppy:

    • PlantsRstillCool [des/pair]
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      3 years ago

      Great point. It's not just sad that they're doing bad shit with AI but they could be doing so much good with it and aren't because they're too busy to evil shit.

      I'm definitely going to play the game in release. My brother has gamepass and it'll be on there so it's not gonna cost anything so why not.

      I like the guys and the wall too. The campaigns look awesome too. I love the way they have incorporated historical documentary into them. It seems like they're really leaning into the educational aspect of the age games and I love that.

      • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        educational aspect

        Always a cool thing, and the series did spark my interest in history. Although I did think for the longest time that William Wallace won the Battle of Falkirk because of AoE2 and other assorted historical stuff that is swept under the rug for the sake of a satisfying story in the campaigns. It did teach me to be hella sceptical in regards to popular media history, eventually, so it's not all bad.

        I wish they'd release an actual full gameplay like a skirmish or a multiplayer game, instead of those short heavily edited trailer pieces, so we could actually see how it works. Like I want to see if the town generates those sweet looking roads on their own or if that's all scenario editor doodads that they add in to spice it up.

        • PlantsRstillCool [des/pair]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah the age games were always better at sparking interest in history than actually teaching it lol

          There are some long let's plays of the recent beta out there if you want to see more long gameplay. I haven't seen multiplayer yet tho